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(D) philology.
Part B
EXERCISES IN MODERN ENGLISH GRAMMAR
VOICE
The Passive Voice
1. Give the corresponding passive construction.
1. We looked through all the advertisements very attentively.
2. The gardener gathered all the dry leaves and set fire to them.
3. You can rely upon your dean’s experience.
4. Why didn’t the speaker dwell longer upon this question?
5. You should send the sick man to hospital. They will look after him much better
there.
6. He was very glad that nobody took notice of his late arrival.
7. He was a brilliant speaker, and, whenever he spoke, the audience listened to him
with great attention.
8. Why did they laugh at him?
9. Nobody ever referred to that incident again.
2. Put questions to the parts of the sentences given in bold type.
1. The document has been signed by the President of the Board.
2. The poem was written by an unknown author.
3. A new railway line is being constructed across the desert.
4. The flowers will be planted next week.
5. The plant had been run by the head engineer for a fortnight before a new director
was appointed.
6. By the middle of the nineteenth century about sixty different elements had been
discovered.
7. He was offered this job himself.
8. A new turbine was given a full load.
9. He was told by the teacher to come near and sit down.
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